|
Chaos
Chaos or CHAOS may refer to: Science, technology, and astronomy * '' Chaos: Making a New Science'', a 1987 book by James Gleick * Chaos (company), a Bulgarian rendering and simulation software company * ''Chaos'' (genus), a genus of amoebae * ''Chaos'' (journal), a scientific journal devoted to nonlinear systems * Chaos (malware), a malware that infects Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD devices * Chaos (mathematics), an interdisciplinary area of science and mathematics * Chaos (operating system), a Linux distribution * Chaos (physics), a branch of quantum physics * 19521 Chaos, an object in space Mythology, philosophy, and religion * Chaos, a season in the Discordian calendar * Chaos (cosmogony), in the Greek creation myths * Chaos magic, a contemporary magical practice * '' Liber Chaos'', an philosopical treatise by Ramon Llull Arts, entertainment and media Fictional elements * Chaos (''Kinnikuman'') * Chaos (''Sailor Moon'') * Chaos (''Sesame Park'') * Chaos (''Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos (mathematics)
Chaos theory is an interdisciplinary area of scientific study and branch of mathematics. It focuses on underlying patterns and deterministic laws of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions. These were once thought to have completely random states of disorder and irregularities. Chaos theory states that within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are underlying patterns, interconnection, constant feedback loops, repetition, self-similarity, fractals and self-organization. The butterfly effect, an underlying principle of chaos, describes how a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state (meaning there is sensitive dependence on initial conditions). A metaphor for this behavior is that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can cause or prevent a tornado in Texas. Text was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos (cosmogony)
Chaos () is the cosmological void state preceding the creation of the universe (the cosmos) in early Greek cosmology. It can also refer to an early state of the cosmos constituted of nothing but undifferentiated and indistinguishable matter. Etymology Greek ''kháos'' () means ' emptiness, vast void, chasm, abyss', related to the verbs ''kháskō'' () and ''khaínō'' () 'gape, be wide open', from Proto-Indo-European ', cognate to Old English ''geanian'', 'to gape', whence English '' yawn''. It may also mean space, the expanse of air, the nether abyss, or infinite darkness. Pherecydes of Syros (fl. 6th century BC) interprets ''chaos'' as water, like something formless that can be differentiated. Greco-Roman tradition Hesiod and the pre-Socratics use the Greek term in the context of cosmogony. Hesiod's Chaos has been interpreted as either "the gaping void above the Earth created when Earth and Sky are separated from their primordial unity" or "the gaping space below the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos (Warhammer)
''Warhammer 40,000'' is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom. The first edition of the rulebook was published in September 1987, and the tenth and current edition was released in June 2023. As in other miniature wargames, players enact battles using Miniature model (gaming), miniature models of warriors and fighting vehicles. The playing area is a tabletop model of a battlefield, comprising models of buildings, hills, trees, and other terrain features. Each player takes turns moving their model warriors around the battlefield and fighting their opponent's warriors. These fights are resolved using dice and simple arithmetic. ''Warhammer 40,000'' is set in the distant future, where a stagnant human civilisation is beset by hostile aliens and supernatural creatures. The models in the game are a mixture of humans, aliens, and supernatural monsters wielding futuristic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos (Sailor Moon)
are a group of fictional characters in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga series created by Naoko Takeuchi. They are the villains of the series' fifth and final story arc, called ''Stars'' in the manga, ''Sailor Moon Sailor Stars'' in the first anime adaptation, and '' Sailor Moon Cosmos'' in the second anime adaptation. Shadow Galactica is first introduced in chapter #43 "Stars 1", originally published in Japan's ''Nakayoshi'' magazine on March 28, 1996. Shadow Galactica as an organization devotes itself to stealing ''starseeds'', the essence of sentient life, from all in the Milky Way. Its members are led by Sailor Galaxia and have the ultimate goal of reorganizing the universe in the image that Chaos desires. The ''Sailor Moon'' musicals state that they have already conquered 80% of the Milky Way, and all 88 constellations—with only Sailor Moon's Solar System remaining. Sailor Galaxia's castle, , serves as Shadow Galactica's base of operations. Galactica Palace is located at the Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos (company)
Chaos is a rendering and simulation software developer headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria. It was founded in 1997 by Peter Mitev and Vladimir Koylazov as Chaos Group. Chaos is best known for the development of V-Ray. In 2022, it merged with Enscape, with the resulting company keeping the Chaos brand. History Chaos was founded in 1997 in Sofia, Bulgaria as Chaos Group by Peter Mitev and Vladimir Koylazov. The company released its first product, fire and smoke simulation software ''Phoenix'', then called ''Phoenix FD''. In 2002, it released the first version of 3D rendering software '' V-Ray''. In 2017, Vladimir Koylazov, then CTO of Chaos, received a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work on V-Ray. In 2021, Chaos went on to win an Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), also known as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sonic The Hedgehog Characters
The ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise began in 1991 with the video game ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog named Sonic against a rotund male human villain named Doctor Eggman (or Doctor Ivo Robotnik). The sequel, '' Sonic 2'', gave Sonic a fox friend named Tails. '' Sonic CD'' introduced Amy Rose, a female hedgehog with a persistent crush on Sonic. '' Sonic 3'' introduced Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic's rival and later friend. All five of these have remained major characters and appeared in dozens of games. The series has introduced dozens of additional recurring characters over the years. These have ranged from anthropomorphic animal characters such as Shadow the Hedgehog and Cream the Rabbit to robots created by Eggman such as Metal Sonic and E-123 Omega, as well as human characters such as Eggman's grandfather Gerald Robotnik. The series features three fictional species, in order of appearance: Chao, which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos (genus)
''Chaos'' is a genus of single-celled amoeboid organisms in the family Amoebidae. The largest and most-known species, the so-called "giant amoeba" (''Chaos carolinensis''), can reach lengths up to 5 mm, although most specimens fall between 1 and 3 mm. Members of this genus closely resemble those of the genus ''Amoeba'' and share the same general morphology, producing numerous cylindrical pseudopods, each of which is rounded at the tip. However, while ''Amoeba'' have a single nucleus, ''Chaos'' can have as many as a thousand. Because of this attribute, ''C. carolinensis'' was once placed in the genus ''Pelomyxa'' alongside the giant multinucleate amoeba ''Pelomyxa palustris.'' Recently, molecular phylogenetic studies of this species have confirmed the view of some earlier researchers that it is more closely related to ''Amoeba'' than to ''Pelomyxa''. The species is now placed in the independent genus ''Chaos'', a sister group to ''Amoeba''. Dietary habits ''Chaos'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos (2005 Horror Film)
''Chaos'' is a 2005 American horror film about the rape and murder of two adolescent girls. It is an unofficial remake of Wes Craven's '' The Last House on the Left'', with all character names changed and a different ending. It stars Kevin Gage and was written and directed by David DeFalco. The film received negative reviews, in particular for its use of gore and the ending. Plot Emily's friend Angelica invites her to a rave party in the woods. Emily's parents, Leo and Justine, tell her she must return by midnight or call if she's going to be late. At the party, Angelica asks Swan, another party guest, for ecstasy. Swan says he has some in a nearby cabin, where his friends live, and the girls agree to accompany him there. They are unaware that Swan's friends are actually his father Chaos, a notorious and wanted criminal, Chaos's girlfriend Daisy and felon Frankie, and that Chaos has sent Swan to the party to lure unsuspecting women to him. At the cabin, Emily and Angelica a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19521 Chaos
19521 Chaos is a cubewano, a Kuiper belt, Kuiper-belt object not in orbital resonance, resonance with any planet. Chaos was discovered in 1998 by the Deep Ecliptic Survey with Kitt Peak National Observatory, Kitt Peak's 4 m telescope. Occultations suggest it is a compact or Contact binary (small Solar System body), contact binary equivalent to a sphere 400 to 500 km in diameter. On 20 November 2020, Chaos stellar occultation, occulted a magnitude 16.8 star. Three observers detected the occultation, finding that the object is likely smaller than in diameter. Another occultation was recorded on 14 January 2022; full results on size, shape, geometric albedo, and the spin-axis orientation have not been released. A further occultation occurred on 28 September 2023, with a shadow crossing most of North America. This occultation was observed by over 30 observers; preliminary analysis suggests that Chaos is a binary (possibly a contact binary). Name It is named after Chaos (cosmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos Magic
Chaos magic, also spelled chaos magick, is a modern tradition of magic. Emerging in England in the 1970s as part of the wider neo-pagan and esoteric subculture, it drew heavily from the occult beliefs of artist Austin Osman Spare, expressed several decades earlier. It has been characterised as an invented religion, with some commentators drawing similarities between the movement and Discordianism. Magical organizations within this tradition include the Illuminates of Thanateros and Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth. The founding figures of chaos magic believed that other occult traditions had become too religious in character. They attempted to strip away the symbolic, ritualistic, theological or otherwise ornamental aspects of these occult traditions, to leave behind a set of basic techniques that they believed to be the basis of magic. Chaos magic teaches that the essence of magic is that perceptions are conditioned by beliefs, and that the world as we perceive it can be c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Power Of Five
''The Power of Five'' (known as ''The Gatekeepers'' in the US) is a series of five fantasy and suspense novels, written by English author Anthony Horowitz. Published between 2005 and 2012, it is an updated re-imagining of Horowitz's ''Pentagram'' series, which the author had left unfinished in the 1980s after he only wrote four of the five planned books in the series. The novels deal heavily in the occult and examples of things such as human sacrifice and blood rituals are major plot elements, such as in the first book, where Matthew Freeman is hunted by a Cult who want to conduct a blood sacrifice on him to blast open a portal using a combination of nuclear physics and black magic, to unlock another dimension which is holding a group of ancient evil demons captive. The series is published in the United Kingdom by Walker Books Ltd and in the United States by Scholastic Press. Plot overview The series focuses on five children: Matthew Freeman, Pedro, Scott Tyler, Jamie Ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos (2001 Film)
''Chaos'' is a 2001 French drama film written and directed by Coline Serreau. It was Serreau's ninth film, about a Parisian woman who befriends an Algerian prostitute after witnessing an accident, changing both their lives. Plot Paul and Hélène, a wealthy Parisian couple, are preparing to go out for the evening. While driving, they see three men chasing a prostitute down the street. She begs them to save her by letting her into the car, but Paul locks the doors and drives away as the men savagely beat her, leaving her unconscious in the street. He refuses to let Hélène phone an ambulance, afraid of being charged with not helping a person in danger. Hélène cannot forget the incident, and next day goes to the hospital, and finds the prostitute, Noémie, in a coma. Hélène stops work and leaves her family responsibilities to stay with Noémie throughout her recovery, aiding her as she regains mobility and speech. When one of the pimps returns and threatens Noémie, Hélèn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
